State laws for shipping wine

[anna]

You're probably SOL as far as shipping wine from CA to MA -- MA expressly prohibits wine shipments via common carrier into its state borders. This is an excerpt from www.wineinstitute.org regarding MA's laws:

Despite provisions that specify that an individual may obtain special permit from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, 100 Cambridge St., Boston 02202 to import alcoholic beverages acquired other than by purchase (gifts). (¶7101)(M.G.L §2A), no such permits are being issued.

What some people do is have the wine shipped to a friend in a nearby state that allows direct shipments, then go pick the wine up and bring it back home in their car. Yes, it's a pain in the butt, but so are state governments.